Safety attachment for breastpins, &amp;c.



No. 783,922. PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905. A. L. BENEDICT.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FOR BREASTPINS, 6w. M APPLIOATION FILED NOV.23,1904.

Inventor,

Ritornegs.

Patented February 28, 1905.

PATENT O-EEICE.

ALVAH L. BENEDICT, )F SCIiUYLERYILLlG, NEW YOhK.

SAFETY ATTACHMENT FUR BFREASTPINS, 6:.0.

SPECIFICATIUN forming" part of Letters Patent No. 783.922, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed November 23, 1904. Serial No. 234,089.-

To all Inheri it may cancer-It.-

Be it known that i, ALVAI-l L. BENEDICT, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Schnylerville, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York. have invented a new and useful The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, readily-applied,and simply-constructed form of attachment which by coaction with the ordinary catch or keeper in common use will positively prevent a pin from coming unfastened; furthermore, to limit the movement of the pin relatively to the plate or object with which it is combined, thereby still further reducing the liability of unfastening of the pin.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction and combination of parts of a safety attachment for breastpins and the like, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

l n the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts, there are illustrated three forms of our hodimcnt of the invention, each capable of carrying the same into practical operation, it being understood that the elements therein exhibited may be varied or changed as to shape, proportion, and exact manner of assemblage without departing from the spirit thereof, and in these drawings- Ifigure l is a view in perspective exhibiting a breastpin having combined therewith the attachment of the present invention, the pin being shown in locked position. Fig. 2 is a similar view, exhibiting the pin unlocked and the attadluncnt in inoperative position. Fig. 3 is a view in side elevation 0t Fig. 1.

4 and o are perspective detail views of modilied forms of the device.

Referring .to thcdrawings, l designates the body ofan ordinary breastpin, brooch. or the like, 2 ,he pin, and 3 the ordinary catch or keeper commonly employed. As these parts may be of the usual or any preferred construction, furtherdescription thereot'is deemed unnecessary.

'lheprcsent invention resides in combining, with the catch or keeper 3, novel means for preventing disconnection between it and the pin 2 when the breastpin or brooch is positioned upon a garment.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Figs. 1,2, and 3 the attachment consists of a guard constructed, preterably, from resilient wire and bent to form an approximately U-shaped structure, the crest 5 of which is held combined with the body 1 by a perforated lug 6, soldered or brazed to the body or to the plate or base 7 ot' the keeper. ()nc member-,8, of the guard has its terminal provided with a hook 9, disposed at approximate rightangles to the keeper 3 and is adapted to spring overthe same, the other member, 10, of the guard being outturned to form a finger-hold 11, by which the book 9 may be moved into and out of engagement with the beak of the keeper. As clearly shown in Fig. 3, the beak oi the keeper does not project through the book 9, but partially enters the same, and the frictional contact between the hook and the beak will be suilicient to prevent any possibility of the accidental separation of the parts in use. This form of the invention is adapted for application to a pin or brooch provided with the usual keeper. and to apply the same it will only be necessary to iile or 'cut away a portion of the base of the keeper and then brazc or otherwise secure the lug 6 thereto.

In the form of embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 4c the keeper and guard are ex; hibited as an article of manufacture to be applied to a pin or brooch in the usual manner. This embodiment comprises a plateor base 12 of any preferred material, to which is secured the keeper 13 and guard 14-, the latter being constructed on substantially the same lines as thatshown in Figs. 1 to 3and is held in eoi3perative relation with the keeper by a lug 15, which may be either brazed to the plate or base 12 or may form an integral part thereof by being struck up therefrom.

In the Form of embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. which also is designed to be sold as an article of manufacture, the keeper 16 is of substantially the same construction as those shown in the other figures and is brazed or otherwise combined with the plate or base 17; but the guard is somewhat d flerently formed and constitutes, in effect, acom- 1' bined guard and stop, the latter additional function being provided in order to prevent free movement of the pin within the keeper, such as is common with ordinary keepers. This is secured by extending the member 10 substantially across the keeper, as shown at 18, and curvingthe same, and the space be.-

tween the upper side of the stop 18 thus formed and the under side of 'the keeper will be engaged by the 'pin, and it will thus be f seen thatthe latter can only have a limited range of movement. the combined guard and stop is held, may be either integral with the plate or base 17 or be 5 struck up therefrom in the usual manner.

By making the-guard of resilient metal,

7 when its book is sprung over the beakot' the keeper it will be held positively positioned thereon, but may be readily thrown out of engagement therewith by exerting-a backward pull upon the member or linger-hold 11.

While the devices as herein illustrated are simple in constriu-tion,they will be found thort oughly'etiicient and durable in use and will in a ready and practical manner obviate certain objections inherent in devicesot' this char- 1 actor heretofore in use.

Having thusdesrribed the invention, what is claimed is The lug 19, in which i silient guard having a member to interlock with the beak of the keeper.

' 2. The combination with a. keeper, of a resilient guard having at one end a hook to in-' terlock with the beak of the keeper, and at its other end means whereby the guard may be moved out of engagement with the keeper;

1 3. The combination withakeeper,ofaguard l mounted for pivotal movement at right angles 1 to the face of the keeper and provided at one 1 end with a hook to straddle the beak of the. 1 keeper, and at its other end with a finger-hold ing one terminal formed into a hook to strad dle the beak of the keeper, and its other end formed into a stop disposed transversely of the keeper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my own I have hereto aflixed my signaturein the presence of two witnesses.

ALVAH L. BENEDICT.

g Witnesses:

(l. J. MILLER, Jesse B. DEY'oa 1. The combination with a keeper, of a re-'. 

